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Oct 31, 2014 | 09:33 PM

#41

5thGear

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Originally Posted by Snorman

What a crock.
There are no more "scary stories" with the C7 than there have been with any other generation of Corvette or other cars in general. Some of you "the sky is falling" people have ran out of ammunition because common, large scale major problems are pretty much non-existent. Therefore it's predictable a single failure will be dramatized.
S.

many A8 owners are happy. Many A6 owners had issues with overheating. Things happen. To say A8 is new and untested is a stretch. I am sure GM have been testing the A8 for a while now. Things happens. Let's not make a big deal of it.

Oct 31, 2014 | 10:43 PM

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Originally Posted by AliZ51

To be fair, the only overheating issues of which I am aware are related to trying to track the A6. Other than that it has been solid.

Nov 1, 2014 | 12:32 AM

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Best of luck getting your car back on the road. Hopefully GM will fix it right and you won't have any more problems.

Nov 1, 2014 | 11:01 AM

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Mike Mercury

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Originally Posted by bevo_87

This is exactly why i got a 2014 A6 and did not wait for the A8. The A6 has been proven for years....

why not respond with something helpful to the OP; or not at all?

I'm sure mentioning what you did - helped your ego a little bit; but why do that at the expense of others who are in a bad situation at the moment

Nov 1, 2014 | 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by mkaresh

Yes, GM engineers will be taking a microscope to it, perhaps literally.

What have they given you to drive in the interim?

Some sort of hybrid Chevy with 4 doors. Definitely not a C7.

Nov 1, 2014 | 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by rramjet

Some sort of hybrid Chevy with 4 doors. Definitely not a C7.

It'll make you appreciate your car even more when you get it back.

Nov 1, 2014 | 01:16 PM

#47

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Originally Posted by Sidepiper

I have 15k on my 14 C7 with zero issues and still as fun as the day I pulled it off the lot a year ago. You'll be in good shape soon, theyll take care of you.

Lots of fun ahead.

Agreed 14K here....happy as the day it was born...knock on wood..

Nov 1, 2014 | 01:38 PM

#48

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I love my C7 with an A6. Having said that I would have no problem ordering my next Corvette with an A8. Thousands of cars with thousands of parts in each car. Stuff happens the important thing isGM makes it right when we have problems.

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Nov 1, 2014 | 07:15 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Mike Mercury

why not respond with something helpful to the OP; or not at all?

I'm sure mentioning what you did - helped your ego a little bit;

...and to make him fell better about having a car with an outdated tranny.

Nov 4, 2014 | 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by 89L98

Sorry for your troubles. A new Tranny in a Car w/ 79 miles? Some scary stories coming from this new generation.

If you keep repeating this crap in your head, then sooner or later it won't seem so bad to you that you still have a C6.

As for the rest of us... you're not fooling anyone.

Nov 4, 2014 | 03:08 PM

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And there it is. I knew a c-6 would get dragged into it.

Nov 4, 2014 | 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by rob62

And there it is. I knew a c-6 would get dragged into it.

Not surprising.
Because almost no C7 owners would be in the C7 sections making such ignorant comments about the C7.
Does that make sense to you?
S.

Nov 4, 2014 | 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by rob62

And there it is. I knew a c-6 would get dragged into it.

If only the C6 owner hadn't made the silly comment in the first place, then....

Nov 4, 2014 | 03:19 PM

#54

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No expert, just a guess but it sounds like it could have gone/been low on trans fluid for some reason.

Nov 4, 2014 | 03:42 PM

#55

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Quote:

Originally Posted by RedC7AZ

If only the C6 owner hadn't made the silly comment in the first place, then....

How about the obligatory...if it was a manual transmission it wouldn't have gone straight into reverse....

Nov 4, 2014 | 04:03 PM

#56

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I had my passenger window spontaneously shatter 23 miles into my new ownership experience. Kind of deflated my high at the time, but then I got the car on the track and the smiles returned. Sucks, but once you put it in the past, you'll love the car.

Nov 4, 2014 | 04:58 PM

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Nov 4, 2014 | 06:44 PM

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Got it back today and all seems well. All in all, pretty quick turn around for such a major repair. Helped that GM overnighted the new tranny and the dealership got on it right away.

Kinda nice getting a new car twice in a week.

Nov 4, 2014 | 06:50 PM

#59

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I'm not sure what it is about A8 trannys, but my 2014 Dodge Ram 1500 has twice shifted into neutral by itself while stopped waiting at a traffic light, while the shifter stays in Drive. Weird!